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Species

Peringueyacris namaqua (Péringuey, 1916)

Bladder grasshopper
Peringueyacris namaqua (Péringuey, 1916): Fig. 25.1. male (body length 25-26 mm, pronotum 12.4-12.5 mm, tegmina 25-26 mm). (Otu).
Peringueyacris namaqua (Péringuey, 1916): Fig. 25.1. male (body length 25-26 mm, pronotum 12.4-12.5 mm, tegmina 25-26 mm). (Otu).
Peringueyacris namaqua (Péringuey, 1916): Fig. 25.2. male face. (Otu).
Peringueyacris namaqua (Péringuey, 1916): Fig. 25.6. abdominal stridulatory ridges (semi-schematic). (Otu).
Peringueyacris namaqua (Péringuey, 1916): Fig. 25.3. phallic complex, dorsal view. (Otu).
Peringueyacris namaqua (Péringuey, 1916): Fig. 25.4. end of male abdomen, lateral view. (Otu).
Peringueyacris namaqua (Péringuey, 1916): Fig. 25.5. end of male abdomen, dorsal view. (Otu).
Peringueyacris namaqua (Péringuey, 1916): male, lateral view. (Otu).
Peringueyacris namaqua (Péringuey, 1916): female, lateral view. (Otu).

Nomenclature (7)

  • Pneumora namaqua Péringuey, 1916: 410.

    Syntype; 2b54eddf-16fa-489b-ab17-bf782c846d05; deposited at: Iziko Museums of Cape Town (SAMC); Cape Colony: Namaqualand, Springbokfontein

  • Physemacris namaqua (Péringuey, 1916) in Johnston, 1956: 32.
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  • Peringueyacris namaqua (Péringuey, 1916) in Otte, 1994: 141.
  • Peringueyacris namaqua (Péringuey, 1916) in Laubscher, Engelbrecht & Couldridge, 2025: 582, 583.

References (7)

  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London, 579 pp.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) Revision of the family Pneumoridae (Orthoptera: Acridoidea). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology, 15(10), 325–396. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/bulletinofbritis15entoond
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  • Johnston, H.B. (1956) Annotated Catalogue of African Grasshoppers. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 833 pp.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1968) Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers: Vol. Suppl. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 445 pp.
  • Laubscher, M., Engelbrecht, A. & Couldridge, V.C.K. (2025) Male polymorphism in bladder grasshoppers: a genetic analysis. Ethology Ecology & Evolution, 37(4), 573–587. https://doi.org/10.1080/03949370.2025.2511629
  • Louis Péringuey, L. (1916) Descriptions of new or little-known Orthoptera in the collection of the South African Museum. Annals of the South African Museum, 15(6), 401–452, pl. 42. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1552258
  • Otte, D. (1994) Orthoptera Species File 2. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] A Eumastacoidea Trigonopterygoidea Pneumoroidea. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 162 pp.

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